Two new character posters from Kick-Ass 2 have been released, Digital Spy said.

Jim Carrey, who joins the cast as an ex-mafia member-turned-masked vigilante called Colonel Stars and Stripes, appears on his own poster.

The Colonel will lead vigilante group Justice Forever, who team up with Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) to fight Christopher Mintz-Plasse's increasingly powerful The Motherf**ker.

Moretz, who appears in the second poster and was also the focus of the trailer released this week, has revealed that the sequel will feature a romantic storyline for Hit-Girl.

Kick-Ass 2 is directed by Jeff Wadlow, while original director Matthew Vaughn retains a producing credit.